Plave - Sveta Gora (via Prižnica and Vodice)

Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Nova Gorica, then continue driving in the direction of Bovec and Tolmin. Continue along the Soča valley, and follow the main road to Plave, where the road to Paljevo starts at a crossroads where the road to Paljevo branches off to the right. As there are no parking spaces at the starting point, we have to park somewhere else, preferably on a suitable spot on the roadside in front of or behind the village, or on the other side of the Soča River near the church or on the outskirts of the village.
b) Drive to Most na Soči and from there drive towards Nova Gorica. When you arrive at Plave, or the crossroads where the road to Paljevo branches off to the left, you are at the beginning of the route described above. As there are no parking spaces at the starting point, we have to park somewhere else, preferably on a suitable place on the roadside in front of or behind the settlement, or on the other side of the Soča River near the church, or somewhere on the outskirts of the village.

Path description:
From Plave, follow the asphalt road towards Paljevo. The path initially leads us past a few houses, and then quickly leads us to the left serpentine, where a small object is located on the NOB memorial. We continue along a fairly scenic road, which leads us past a bench to the right serpentine, where the footpath continues in a straight direction to Prižnica (angle 383).
Continue straight ahead on the cart track (continue on Paljevo), which continues for a short time without any major changes in elevation, and then, shortly after crossing the route of the power line, the trail turns slightly to the right and begins to climb laterally. During the cross-climb you reach a small crossroads where you leave cart track and continue right on the forest path. The path continues through the forest and occasionally climbs quite steeply. During the ascent through the forest, we are accompanied by numerous World War I remnants (ruins, caverns, ditches, etc. ), which are now equipped with information boards (under construction at the time of writing). Higher up, the path lies and leads us to the vegetated peak Prižnica, where, in addition to the information board, there is a nice bench for resting.
From the top of Prižnica, the path starts to descend, occasionally more steeply, but it still leads past several caves. A little lower, at a small crossroads, we continue straight on, and then the path lays down and leads us to a folded ridge. After the aforementioned wooded ridge, a few minutes of gentle ascent will bring you to the Church of St Quirinus.
At the church, we step onto the road, which we gradually start to descend. First, the path from the Deskle settlement joins us from the left, and a little further on, an asphalt road branches off to the left towards the hunting hut of the Anhovo LD at Paljevem.
Continue straight on here, and then at the first crossroads at a small hamlet, turn left towards Sveta Gora. The asphalt road, which turns right after a few metres, turns into a macadam road, and after a few minutes of cross-country climbing it leads us to the junction with the described route from Plav via Paljevo.
Immediately after the two roads merge, they split again at the information board. Continue along the right-hand road, which climbs gently to moderately on the north-western slopes of Kuk. A little higher, at a small crossroads, continue straight ahead, then follow the slightly steeper road until you reach a marked crossroads south of Kuk. From the crossroads, the road turns sharp right to reach the settlements Zagora and Zagomila, the road to Kuk turns sharp right, and we continue straight on past the monument erected in June 1916 to Guido Novak von Arienti, commander of the 1st Mountain Brigade of the FML. After the monument, the road turns slightly left and after a few minutes leads to the hamlet Vodice. After Vodice, leave the road and continue to the right in the direction of the monument (inscription on the signpost). The path turns slightly further to the right and leads us out of the woods onto a grassy hayfield, where it continues along the outer edge of a pasture fence. With beautiful views of the surrounding hills and Julian Alps, we are back in the forest in a few minutes. The trail continues through the forest and climbs gently for the most part, then it levels out further and leads to a forest road, which is reached near the information boards.
At the information boards, the forest road continues to the left, leading to the Preški vrh pass, a little further on and then to the right leads to the nearby monument to the eagles, and the road continues on the worse road towards the Vodice summit and the mausoleum on the summit. From the information boards it is only about a 2-minute walk to the top of Vodice.
From Vodice, continue along the marked path, which begins to descend to the south-east. After about 15 minutes of descent, the path descends moderately, only occasionally steeply, and leads to a minor forest road, which is followed to the right, and after a few steps you reach a marked crossroads on the Preški vrh preval.
There is a marked crossroads of several roads on the preval, and we continue straight on in the direction Sveta Gora (left Grgar, right Zagora). There is a climb of about 20 minutes, with occasional fine views, and the path leads us to a large parking lot below Sveta Gora. From the parking lot, continue up the stone steps to the top of Svatá Gora.
Plave - Prižnica 50 minutes, Prižnica - Sv. Kvirin 15 minutes, Sv. Kvirin - Vodice 1:25, Vodice - Sveta Gora 45 minutes.

On the way: Prižnica (383m), Sveti Kvirin na Paljevem (321m), Vodice (555m), Vodice (651m), Preški vrh (504m)

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